{"id":3816,"date":"2023-08-06T12:06:33","date_gmt":"2023-08-06T12:06:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wildhydro.com\/?p=3816"},"modified":"2023-08-06T12:06:35","modified_gmt":"2023-08-06T12:06:35","slug":"walleye-fishing-maine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wildhydro.com\/walleye-fishing-maine\/","title":{"rendered":"Walleye Fishing in Maine: They Do Exist!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Maine might be world renowned for its lobster but it definitely isn’t strongly associated with Walleye. In fact there’s somewhat of a drought of Walleye in Maine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you’ve hopped across the border from New Hampshire you might be wondering what’s going on. The Connecticut River might be full of them, but that’s not the case in “The Pine Tree State”. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Walleye Fishing in Maine is not very fruitful for one main reason.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Walleye are not native to Maine!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They are an introduced species, and there have been efforts to introduce them in the past. And don’t get me wrong, there are a few Walleye still hanging around. They are even recorded in the record books as recently as 2010.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So let’s take a quick look at what happened in the past and why you won’t find many Walleye in the freshwater of Maine. We’ll also see where you can go fishing if you really want to try your luck to catch one of the last remaining Walleye.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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